Relationships of doom

In this photo taken on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, left, arrives for a mass funeral of ten Lebanese soldiers at the Lebanese Defense Ministry, in Yarzeh near Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon’s split with Iran and Hezbollah has pundits worried about war, but commentators also bemoan attempts to get the right and left together at the Rabin rally

IDF’s largest-ever aerial exercise takes off, with India on board

A fighter jet takes part in the international Blue Flag exercise in early November 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)

In first, New Delhi sends aircraft to 11-day Blue Flag drill, aimed at improving technical skills, diplomatic cooperation

IDF strikes 3 Syrian artillery cannons in response to projectile fire

Illustrative photo of a UN observer at a lookout point as smoke rising at a Syrian village near the Israeli-Syrian border in the Golan Heights during fights between the rebels and the Syrian army, June 25, 2017. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Army says Israel holds Assad regime responsible for any spillover activity from across northern border

Israel destroys anti-aircraft battery in Syria after it fires at IDF jets

Illustrative: An IAF F-16 from the Red Dragon squadron during a drill, November 2013. (IDF Spokesperson’s Unit/Flash90)

Israeli recon planes were flying over Lebanon when Syrian SA-5 surface-to-air missile targeted them, army says

After Har Adar attack, IDF cracks down on terrorist’s hometown

IDF soldiers conduct raids in the West Bank on September 28, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)

In Bayt Surik, IDF impounds dozens of cars, orders end to illegal building, rescinds assailant’s family’s work permits

Jordan mourners chant ‘death to Israel’ after deadly embassy shooting

Mourners attend the funeral of 17-year-old Mohammed Jawawdeh, who was killed when he attacked a security guard at the Israeli embassy compound in the Jordanian capital with a screwdriver, on July 25, 2017, in Amman. (Khalil Mazraawi/AFP)

Thousands gather to bury 17-year-old Mohammed Jawawdeh, who was killed Sunday when assaulting an Israeli guard with a screwdriver at the embassy compound

Terror at Halamish: When a family’s Shabbat celebration turned into a bloody massacre

Zaka personnel and police inside the Halamish home where three Israelis were killed by a Palestinian terrorist, on July 22, 2017. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)

The victims were celebrating the birth of a grandson when the Palestinian terrorist entered their home armed with a large knife and stabbed to death a father and his two adult children

Herzog: Trump’s envoy ‘unequivocally’ stated president’s determination for peace deal

Opposition Leader Isaac Herzog attends the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, on March 8, 2017.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Opposition leader promises his support if Netanyahu attempts to make progress

Knesset advances ‘Jewish state’ bill in preliminary vote

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Head of the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee Avi Dichter attend a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, on March 8, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

3 Arab lawmakers removed from hall for tearing up text, branding Likud MK Dichter ‘racist’ and ‘fascist,’ as proposal passes 48-41

After UNESCO vote, Israel cuts another $1m. from UN budget

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a reception for foreign diplomats in Israel marking Israel’s 69th Independence Day, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, May 2, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Jerusalem now to pay only $2.7m out of a required $11.7m, but officials unconcerned Israel could lose right to vote at UN bodies